That didn't take long. Hours after Gov. Ed Rendell introduced his 2009-10 budget calling for significant cuts in state workers, the unions representing those workers launched a counter-attack.
"This union will whine, scream and holler for justice," David Fillman, executive director of AFSCME Council 13, said in a statement.
"Pennsylvania's state workers have been victims of a 'silent furlough' for 20 years," Fillman said. "State workers have sacrificed with lower pay increases and contributions to health care costs -- that's why Pennsylvania was one of the few states with a surplus last year."
Rendell has said up to 2,600 union jobs might have to be eliminated as the state budget deficit is expected to reach $2.3 billion.
Three unions, representing 119,000 government workers, are vowing to fight Rendell's proposed cuts every step of the way.
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Pennsylvania's Public Sector Unions Join Together to Oppose Service Cuts in Rendell Budget Proposal
2 comments:
Remember Dave Fillman you and your Union put Rendell in office. How's it feel to know you been used and abused and every one but you and your members will admit it. Now Big daddy is telling you to stop whining and take it like a man and............. you know you will
It's simple! The Dems allowed the unions to grow big and powerful and looked the other way when corruption set in. After all, the unions were paying the dems to keep quiet. The dems have created a monster that will eat them alive if they do anything to diminish them. The dems did the same with creating their victim groups to get more votes. Cut them off and they will riot and burn down the city. Obama's and Pelosi's bailout package is to feed the monsters they created. The repubs are too wimpy and stupid to realize that if they deny the dems their bailout plan, the dems will not get elected for the next 20 years by their bought and paid for base of victims.
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